Tour Femmes '26, Stage 2: Building an Advantage

This quintet took some time to get away from the peloton which seemed in little mood to let anyone escape today.  It was nice to see the Ukrainian champion, Yulia Biriukova (Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi) off the front along with Anouska Koster (Uno X-Mobility), Eline Jansen (VolkerWessels), Ema Comte (Cofidis) and Carlotta Cipressi (Human Powered Health).  They have managed to build a bit over two minutes on the peloton, but they weren't allowed much more.  After the long chase from yesterday, the peloton decided to keep these ladies inside of three minutes before catching them on one of the final categorized climbs of the day.  Koster came close to becoming the new queen of the mountains save for one moment's inattention on the third climb of the day.

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 2: Hanging Around the Back

It can be a bit risky hanging around the back of the peloton on a long flat stage.  One never knows when a crash or crosswinds, or both, may split the peloton into pieces.  And of course, that is what happen.  I'm not sure why Urska Zigart (BikeExchange-Jayco) or Yulia Biriukova (Arkea) were back here.  Perhaps Marit Raaijmakers (Human Powered Health) could be forgiven.  She had already spent over 70 kilometers off the front.  With the splits that happen, all of them lost minutes in the general classification.  Lesson learned?

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